To repeal sections 115.121, 115.123, and 115.755, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof two new
sections relating to public election dates.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

Section A. Sections 115.121, 115.123, and 115.755, RSMo, are repealed and two new
sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 115.121 and 115.123, to read as follows:

115.121. 1. The general election day shall be the first Tuesday after the first Monday in
November of even-numbered years.

2. The primary election day shall be the [first]second Tuesday after the first Monday
in [August]June of even-numbered years.

3. The election day for the election of political subdivision and special district officers
shall be the first Tuesday after the first Monday in April each year; and shall be known as the
general municipal election day.

4. In addition to the primary election day provided for in subsection 2 of this section, for
the year 2003, the first Tuesday after the first Monday in August, 2003, also shall be a primary
election day for the purpose of permitting school districts and other political subdivisions of
Missouri to incur debt in accordance with the provisions of article VI, section 26(a) through
26(g) of the Missouri Constitution, with the approval of four-sevenths of the eligible voters of
such school district or other political subdivision voting thereon, to provide funds for the
acquisition, construction, equipping, improving, restoration, and furnishing of facilities to
replace, repair, reconstruct, reequip, restore, and refurnish facilities damaged, destroyed, or lost
due to severe weather, including, without limitation, windstorms, hail storms, flooding, tornadic
winds, rainstorms and the like which occurred during the month of April or May, 2003.

5. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1 of section 115.125, the officer or
agency calling an election on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of August, 2003, shall
notify the election authorities responsible for conducting the election not later than 5:00 p.m. on
the sixth Tuesday prior to the election. For purposes of any such election, all references in
section 115.125 to the tenth Tuesday prior to such election shall be deemed to refer to the sixth
Tuesday prior to such election.

6. In addition to the general election day provided for in subsection 1 of this section, for
the year 2009 the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November shall be a general election
day for the purpose of permitting school districts to incur debt in accordance with the provisions
of article VI, section 26(a) through 26(g) of the Missouri Constitution, with the approval of
four-sevenths of the eligible voters of such school district, to provide funds for school districts
to acquire, construct, equip, improve, restore, and furnish public school facilities in accordance
with the provisions of Section 54F of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, which
provides for qualified school construction bonds and the provisions of Section 54AA of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, which provides for build America bonds, as well
as in accordance with the provisions of Section 103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, which provides for traditional government bonds.

115.123. 1. All public elections shall be held on Tuesday. Except as provided in
subsections 2, 3, and 4 of this section, and section 247.180, all public elections shall be held on
the general election day, the primary election day, the general municipal election day, the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in February or November, or on another day expressly provided
by city or county charter, the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June and in nonprimary years
on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in August.

2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1 of this section, an election for a
presidential primary held pursuant to sections [115.755]115.758 to 115.785 shall be held on the
[first]second Tuesday after the first Monday in [March]June of each presidential election year.
3. The following elections shall be exempt from the provisions of subsection 1 of this
section: